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1 Pice
| Issuer | Government of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1948-1952 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1948-1960) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a large central circular hole surrounded by a bilingual legend encircling the entire annular field. The upper portion bears the Urdu inscription in Nastaliq script reading 'حکومت پاکستان' (Government of Pakistan), while the lower portion carries the same legend in Latin script: 'GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN'. A beaded border runs along the outer rim, framing the inscriptions on both sides of the central perforation. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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Pakistan's first coinage series was issued in the immediate aftermath of Partition, with the government scrambling to establish a monetary infrastructure essentially from scratch in 1947–48. The Royal Mint in London struck the initial pieces while Pakistan's own minting capacity was nonexistent — the subcontinent's only established mint remained in Calcutta, now firmly in Indian territory.
The bronze composition directly continued the pre-Partition British Indian pice standard, a pragmatic continuity that kept the new currency interchangeable in daily commerce during a chaotic transition period.